Francesca Soavi

Francesca Soavi (female, 0000-0003-3415-6938) is Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician” of the University of Bologna, Italy. She received her PhD in Chemical Sciences in 2002 from Bologna University and has continuously carried out research activities focused on the electrochemistry, chemical physical characterization and synthesis of materials for diversed energy storage and/or conversions systems, from supercapacitors to Li-ion batteries, Li/O2 batteries, redox flow batteries, inorganic and microbial fuel cells, as well as for micro-electrochemical devices like ion-gated transistors.  She is leading leading ENERCube, a new laboratory dedicated to knowledge transfer actions in energetics at the Interdipartimental Center for Industrial Research (CIRI FRAME). She is Secretary General of The International Society of Electrochemistry. She co-authored more than 140 peer reviewd papers (H-index 44, > 6800 citations)